Chinese Promoter Of Fatal Diglycol-Laced Drug Sentenced To Life
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
A promoter connected with the deaths of 14 Chinese hospital patients given Armillarisni A containing diglycol has been sentenced to life imprisonment. The head of the State FDA at the time of the scandal was executed last July on charges of corruption and dereliction. Wang Guiping was found guilty May 23 of charges of selling fake drugs and other crimes after it was discovered he had passed off the drug to its producer Qiqihar No. 2 Pharmaceutical as a normal ingredient of the drug. (Click here for more
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A promoter connected with the deaths of 14 Chinese hospital patients given Armillarisni A containing diglycol has been sentenced to life imprisonment. The head of the State FDA at the time of the scandal was executed last July on charges of corruption and dereliction. Wang Guiping was found guilty May 23 of charges of selling fake drugs and other crimes after it was discovered he had passed off the drug to its producer Qiqihar No. 2 Pharmaceutical as a normal ingredient of the drug. (Click here for more) "Drug Lord Jailed For Life" - Shanghai Daily (China) (6/5/08) |